By David Futrelle
YouTube “philosopher” Stefan Molyneux was never really much of a philosopher. And now he’s not a YouTuber either: the streaming video site has banned his ass.
Molyneux, alas, is still on Twitter, where he broke the news with a typically melodramaic flourish.
Oh, it was a “philosophy conversation,” huh? I thought it was just a weird old dude lecturing young women about how they need to start having babies pronto before their eggs get old and smelly. I thought it was a white dude spewing out racist garbage about IQ and the glories of Western Civilization. I thought it was a not-quite-official alt-rightist serving as a gateway drug, leading possibly thousands of his followers into the official alt-right.
But alas, simply cataloging Molyneux’s assorted obsessions isn’t really the best way to pay tribute to this YouTube Philsopher who isn’t a philosopher and is no longer on YouTube. So I thought I’d provide a handy menu of some of his greatest hits as a public intellectual. By which I mean: here are a bunch of my old posts about the guy.
Stefan Molyneux has a new obsession. Can you guess what it is?
Stefan Molyneux throws down the gauntlet to … wine moms?
Stefan Molyneux says his YouTube career is in a “death spiral.” I may bust out crying.
Six fun and kicky makeup tips from YouTube racist Stefan Molyneux
So Stefan Molyneux is a slam poet now, apparently
Stefan Molyneux: Only white men are smart enough to consistently support “free speech”
Brain genius Stefan Molyneux: ADHD is caused by dumb immigrants and shitty single moms
Stefan Molyneux answers the musical question “why do good girls like bad guys?”
And of course there’s this one:
Stefan Molyneux’s Secret Life as a Hot Babe Who Loves Stefan Molyneux
Coming soon: Reddit’s halfhearted crackdown on hate.
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Catalpa: don’t forget the statues! All these statues are coming down, which means we no longer have racism anymore.
I started seeing warnings to not allow things to stop at symbolic gestures. A week later, the protests ended in the news (I’m well aware they continue every night, they just don’t get coverage). And the discussion is all about flags and pancakes.
By the way, pancake mix for yinz:
1 cup buckwheat flour
1 tbl sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
No racist imagery.
Makes enough for 1 active person (e.g. backpacking or cycle touring) per day; scale up as needed, or cut it down a bit for in-town breakfasts. Mix with 1 large egg and 3/4 cup water, or dried egg and 1 cup water. Serve with maple syrup and semi-salted butter.
@numerobis
You don’t use buttermilk in your pancakes?
The thing about the pancakes is I bet that 99.9% of the angry conservatives never noticed the image on the box and if it had gone away without announcement none of them would have noticed or cared, but because they heard it was racist they had to jump in to defend it. Very telling that they only intervene after hearing that the thing they want to defend is racist.
We had Obama, no more racism since 2008! And no more homophobia since Obergefell in 2015! /s
That appears to unironically be the view of a lot of liberals and centrists.
Philosophy daddy responds:
https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1277705009652793346
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
@North Sea Sparkly Dragon:
Hey, you stole my line!
Seriously, I’m glad Molyspew’s been kicked off YouTube.
Finally! Doubtless the most amusing bit is when he tried going onto Twitch next and was promptly banned there as well. Hope he goes broke and is unable to sustain his Hate Speech channels.
@WWTH
I still laugh about it. It was unbelievably cringey.